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Itembase Wins the 10th Founder Showcase

Last Tuesday, over 450 people gathered in Silicon Valley for the 10th Founder Showcase. At the event, 8 companies competed on stage in a free pitch competition, and taking the Grand Prize was Itembase. Itembase is a personal inventory service that helps consumers track, manage, and sell the products they own. Read more…


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  • Second Keynote for the 10th Founder Showcase Announced: Dan Shapiro of Sparkbuy and Ontela [4/17/12]
  • First Keynote for the 10th Founder Showcase Announced: Kevin Hartz of Eventbrite [4/16/12]
  • Spinnakr Wins the 9th Founder Showcase [1/26/12]
  • Announcing: Winners of TheFunded.com’s Entrepreneur Investor Awards [1/25/12]
  • Finalists Announced for TheFunded.com’s Entrepreneur Investor Awards [1/10/12]
  • Announcing TheFunded.com Entrepreneur Investor Awards, at the 9th Founder Showcase [12/14/11]
  • 6th Founder Showcase Champion, TopicMarks, Acquired by Tagged [TechCrunch: 12/09/11]
  • Founder Showcase Hall of Famer, Tripping, Launches Kayak-Style Discovery Engine to the AirBnB Rental Model [TechCrunch: 11/07/11]
  • Michael Arrington Keynote Video Published on TechCrunch [TechCrunch: 11/21/11]
  • Affordable Car Loans: A Look at the Winners of the 8th Founder Showcase [TechCrunch: 11/10/11]
  • Neo Wins the 8th Founder Showcase [11/09/11]
  • 7th Founder Showcase Champion Kaggle Raises $11m [TechCrunch: 11/02/11]
  • Founder Showcase Hall-of-Famer RelayRides Raises $3m, for $13m Total [TechCrunch: 10/26/11]
  • Founder Showcase Unveils its Hall of Fame [10/03/11]
  • Founder Showcase Hall-of-Famer Bloodhound, Formerly ShowForce, Raises $250k [TechCrunch: 08/24/11]
  • In Silicon Valley, the Night is Still Young [New York Times: 08/20/11]
  • Founder Showcase Hall-of-Famer RentCycle Raises $1.4m [TechCrunch: 08/04/11]
  • Founder Showcase Hall-of-Famer Puzzazz  Raises $400k [GeekWire: 06/30/11]
  • Naval Ravikant’s Keynote Video Published on Founder Institute [o6/21/11]
  • Mark Suster Keynote Video Published on TechCrunch [TechCrunch: 06/18/11]
  • The Founder Showcase – Launching Startups with a Community [TheNextWeb: 06/17/11]
  • Kaggle Wins the 7th Founder Showcase [06/16/11]
  • Founder Showcase Hall-of-Famer VSee Raises ‘Multi-Million Dollar Round’ [TechCrunch: 06/07/11]
  • Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal [TechCrunch: 06/05/11]
  • 6th Founder Showcase Champion TopicMarks Raises $700k, led by Founder Showcase Judge Aaron Patzer [Mashable: 03/18/11]
  • 5th Founder Showcase Champion Breezy Raises Funding [VentureBeat: 03/08/11]
  • George  Zachary Video Published: No Bubble Yet, but One’s Building [VentureBeat: 02/25/11]
  • Too Busy or Too Lazy to Read? TopicMarks Summarizes Long Texts for You [TechCrunch: 02/03/11]
  • TopicMarks Wins the 6th Founder Showcase [02/03/11]
  • Founder Showcase Hall-of-Famer ShareSquare Raises $150k [TechCrunch: 01/13/11]
  • BreezyPrint Wins the 5th Founder Showcase [10/22/10]
  • Founder Showcase Hall-of-Famer Udemy Raises $1m [TechCrunch: 08/31/10]
  • Elon Musk Video Published on TechCrunch [TechCrunch: 08/05/10]
  • Startup SeePort Spin on Video Chat Takes Top Prize at Founder Showcase [VentureBeat: 08/05/10]
  • SeePort Wins the 4th Founder Showcase [08/04/10]
  • 1st Founder Showcase Champion Thumbtack Raises $1.2m [06/10/10]
  • Phil Libin’s Keynote Video Published on TechCrunch [TechCrunch: 05/28/10]
  • Meeting Space Booking Service Evenues wins the Founder Showcase [TechCrunch: 05/20/11]
  • 2nd Founder Showcase Champion, MightyMeeting, Raises $300k [05/20/11]
  • Evenues Wins the 3rd Founder Showcase [05/18/10]
  • MightyMeeting Wins the 2nd Founder Showcase [01/14/10]
  • ThumbTack Wins the 1st Founder Showcase [10/06/09]